| Literature DB >> 18074383 |
Elvira V De Marco1, Grazia Annesi, Patrizia Tarantino, Francesca E Rocca, Giovanni Provenzano, Donatella Civitelli, Innocenza C Cirò Candiano, Ferdinanda Annesi, Sara Carrideo, Francesca Condino, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Demetrio Messina, Fabiana Novellino, Maurizio Morelli, Aldo Quattrone.
Abstract
Recent studies have reported an association between the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene and Parkinson's disease (PD). To elucidate the role of this gene in our population, we screened 395 PD patients and 483 controls from southern Italy for the N370S and the L444P mutations. We found 11 patients (2.8%) carrying a heterozygous mutant GBA allele, whereas only one control subject (0.2%) had a heterozygous substitution (P = 0.0018). These results strongly suggest that Italian carriers of a GBA mutation have an increased risk of developing PD. 2007 Movement Disorder SocietyEntities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18074383 DOI: 10.1002/mds.21892
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mov Disord ISSN: 0885-3185 Impact factor: 10.338